Welsh's milkweed
Description:
Asclepias welshii N. & P. Holmgren. Federally listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and the first to have critical habitat designated under the ESA in Utah. A highly restricted endemic plant species. It is a very beautiful plant with those amazing velvety soft leaves.August 10, 2003, Kane County, Utah, growing here with Scurfpea (Psoralidium sp.)
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Gentianales
- Apocynaceae (dogbane family)
- Asclepias (milkweed)
- Asclepias welshii (Welsh's milkweed)
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa
- copyright
- Tony Frates
- photographer
- Tony Frates
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- Flickr Group
- ID
